Cape Phillips
| Cape Phillips | ||
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 4 ′ S , 169 ° 36 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Borchgrevink coast | |
| Waters | Ross Sea | |
 Map with Coulman Island and the southern section of the Daniell Peninsula (top, right of center) including Cape Phillips |
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The Cape Phillips is a chapter on the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located eight miles southeast of Mount Brewster in the middle of the east coast of the Daniell Peninsula .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered the cape in January 1841 during his Antarctic expedition (1839–1843). He named it after Lieutenant Charles Gerrans Phillips (1803–1871) from the research vessel HMS Terror .
Web links
- Cape Phillips in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Phillips on geographic.org (English)